Does your kids lose clothing at school?

There is a new way to label your childrens clothing now. It requires no
ironing or sewing.
Just peel and stick on. Have any of you tried it yet? It is sold at
labellighthouse.com
It is great.

Cindy Kandolf...

Er, yeah. If a glue really did exist that would stick to common
fabrics, and *stay* stuck in the wash, the clothing industry would be
all over it. Since they haven't discovered it, I have to believe
these things will be littering the washing machine a few weeks after
application, at best.

Personally, I put my trust in:
1) a laundry pen where possible; then
2) GOOD iron-on labels; then
3) a cloth label/plastic clip set.

Cathy Kearns...

My mother used to embroider our names in 1 inch high letters into the inside
back of our school uniform sweaters. We never lost one for long. It seems
no one else wants your sweater if your name is that big and that hard to
take out.

But back to the original quest, how do you get kids to not lose clothing.
I'm pretty sure it has little to do with labeling and more to do with
getting the kids to feel responsible enough to keep track, or at least go
looking for their own stuff. Unfortunately that a parenting job, no gadgets
help here.

However, after four months of working in a preschool, I'm just happy
when parents label stuff - in a place I can find the name quickly, and
with the child's own name or at least a sibling's (as opposed to the
cousin, neighbor, or friend's kid who was the original owner of the
jacket or what have you). And not just clothes; after a picnic
lunch at the playground, it's no joke trying to figure out who owns
each of eight unlabelled and nearly identical stainless steel
thermoses...

- Cindy Kandolf, mamma to Kenneth (12) and Robert (6)
cindy@nethelp.no ****** Bærum, Norway
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